The REPREVE® Recycling Grant
Program, through its parent
company Unifi, has donated
grant funding to four Keep
America Beautiful affiliates
in North Carolina to
increase plastic bottle
(PET) recycling.

This grant program,
focusing on local community-based plastic bottle recycling programs, is
the first by Unifi with Keep America
Beautiful. Grants were awarded to one western and three eastern
North Carolina communities for outstanding proposals to increase public
space recycling.

"Today, only 28 percent of
PET bottles are recycled," said Roger Berrier, president and COO for
Unifi, the makers of 100 percent recycled REPREVE yarn. "At Unifi,
we are committed to driving education to consumers and throughout our
industry regarding the importance of recycling."

Keep Greenville Beautiful
was selected for its plan to place new recycling bins in the Greenville
town common area and amphitheater. Keep Nash-edgecombe Counties
Beautiful in Rocky Mount will offer new recycling bins at the Rocky
Mount Sports Complex. Keep New Hanover Beautiful, in the
Wilmington area, will locate its new bins in a city park along with
offering a "Recycling Ambassador" program to the public. Keep Gastonia
Beautiful will be placing recycling bins in its new downtown Lineberger
Park.

"Unifi's support of Keep
America Beautiful's public space recycling effort on a local level is
critical to building recycling markets in North Carolina," said Keep
America Beautiful President and CEO Matt McKenna.

Keep America
Beautiful, Inc., established in 1953, is the nation's largest
volunteer-based community action and education organization. With a
network of more than 1,200 affiliate and participating organizations,
Keep America Beautiful forms public-private partnerships and programs
that engage individuals to take greater responsibility for improving
their community environments. For more information, visit
www.kab.org.

About Unifi:

Unifi, Inc. (NYSE: UFI) is a diversified producer and processor of
multi-filament polyester and nylon textured yarns and related raw
materials. The Company adds value to the supply chain and enhances
consumer demand for its products through the development and
introduction of branded yarns that provide unique performance, comfort
and aesthetic advantages. Key Unifi brands include, but are not
limited to: AIO® - all-in-one performance yarns, SORBTEK®, A.M.Y.®,
MYNX® UV, REPREVE®, REFLEXX®, MICROVISTA® and SATURA®. Unifi's
yarns and brands are readily found in home furnishings, apparel,
legwear, and sewing thread, as well as industrial, automotive, military,
and medical applications. For more information about Unifi, visit
www.unifi.com, or to learn more about REPREVE®, visit

Bekaert Textile's New Collection Made with
REPREVE Bekaert Textiles, a market leader in
the worldwide production and supply of bed cover materials, selects REPREVE,
a 100% recycled fiber by Unifi, Inc. (NYSE: UFI) for a new collection of
eco-friendly mattress coverings. This new sustainable product line of
bedding fabrics has been designed for comfort, durability and is certifiably
sustainable.Textile
Industry News Article Posted
February 17,
2010